Name: OBEX (2024) — a new sci-fi trip that’s “Eraserhead Meets Zelda” w/ retro graphics animation pre-show
Start: 2026-01-24T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Arkadin Cinema & Bar

$OBEX (2024) \u2014 a new sci-fi trip that\u2019s \u201cEraserhead Meets Zelda\u201d w\/ retro graphics animation pre-show$

“Eraserhead meets The Legend of Zelda in a black-and-white, cicada-plagued sci-fi trip.” – IndieWire
In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. Audacious and uncanny, Strawberry Mansion director Albert Birney’s OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
Plus, come out early for a Retro Graphics Animation pre-show that’ll transport you to the 8-bit world of NES, beginning at 6:30 pm.